I woke up at 7:30 am, showered, dressed and had a light breakfast and some excellent coffee at Chris. One reflection - the places I visited don't have very good coffee! It was a beautiful day and not quite as hot after the storm last night. Chris and I headed down to Richmond in my rental car a little after 9 am. Mom (former mother-in-law) now has a private room at Our Lady of Hope so Chris and I rented a small moving van and headed to the storage facility where I had stored the furniture for her room. With the 2 of us, the loading wasn't difficult and we got it to OLOH quickly - took less than an hour to unload and we did this while Mom was at lunch.
After her lunch I went and got her and she was surprised to see me. I asked her to show me her room - and she was so surprised when we went in and all of her things were there. We let her decide where she wanted her pictures hung and I hung all of the pictures - many of which she had made or painted.. There was plenty of room for all of the things I had saved from their house for her room and visiting with her in the private room is so much nicer than before.
Chris and I left for a while to return the truck, had lunch with large limeades at Bill's BBQ and headed back to OLOH.
We got Dad from his room for a visit and showed them a few (maybe 12) of the pictures from my trip. Dad didn't really know who we were and seemed not to know who Mom was today. Otherwise, he was engaging and asked questions about some of the places I had been - most of which he didn't have a clue given his condition with Alzheimers.
I took Dad back to his room in The Christopher Center while Chris let Mom talk to Pam and Leslie on his cell phone. Mom's phone isn't move yet to her new room We left her back at the Nurse's Station (she calls this being "at work") and Chris and I headed back up I-95 Norh to Fredericksburg. The traffic wasn't too heavy and we go back safely. This I had the most restful and glorious nap - dreams in wonderful colors and floating feeling - it was restful.
Chris had made reservations at Claiborne's at the old Fredericksburg Train Station for my birthday and we had a great dinner - service and food were good. Great place to eat in Fredericksburg.
We headed back and watched IV for a while and I updated my blog - then I went to bed. Chris is a night owl so I'm sure that he'll be up for a while.
Larry
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